Sheri Laizer, a Middle East and North African expert specialist and well known commentator on the Kurdish issue. She is the author of several books concerning the Middle East and Kurdish issues: Love Letters to a Brigand (Poetry & Photographs); Into Kurdistan-Frontiers Under Fire; Martyrs, Traitors and Patriots - Kurdistan after the Gulf War; Sehitler, Hainler ve Yurtseverler (Turkish edition updated to 2004). They have been translated into Kurmanji, Sorani, Farsi, Arabic and Turkish. Longtime contributing writer for iKurd.net.